Roles they were born to play...but haven't!
Roles they were born to play...but haven't!
bwayboy22
Broadway Star Joined: 5/9/12
#1Roles they were born to play...but haven't!
Posted: 12/13/15 at 7:29pm
Some actors just seem born to play a role, but what are some roles that you think an actor is just so perfect for but hasn't played yet?
#2Roles they were born to play...but haven't!
Posted: 12/13/15 at 8:04pm
I don't think she's yet the right age for it but I recently saw a college production of THE DROWSY CHAPERONE and thought gosh Lesli Margherita would be perfect as the chaperone.
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#3Roles they were born to play...but haven't!
Posted: 12/13/15 at 8:09pm
Stephanie J. Block and Julia Murney as Diana in Next To Normal
TheGingerBreadMan
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/7/12
#4Roles they were born to play...but haven't!
Posted: 12/13/15 at 8:28pm
Adam Lambert as Hedwig.
I believe he was actually offered the role for the recent Broadway production, but turned it down because he didn't want to do drag every night. He would have been so phenomenal.
#5Roles they were born to play...but haven't!
Posted: 12/13/15 at 8:28pm
Alison luff as Anastasia. Brian Darcy James as King Arthur is spamalot. Audra McDonald as Nettie fowler. Sasha allen as Nala.
My father (AIDS)
My sister (AIDS)
My uncle and my cousin and her best friend (AIDS, AIDS, AIDS)
The gays and the straights
And the white and the spades
Hamilton22
Broadway Star Joined: 7/18/15
#6Roles they were born to play...but haven't!
Posted: 12/13/15 at 9:10pm
Audra Mcdonald as Angelica Schuyler.
BroadwayConcierge
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/24/15
#7Roles they were born to play...but haven't!
Posted: 12/13/15 at 9:12pm
TheGingerBreadMan said: "Adam Lambert as Hedwig."
THIS.
#8Roles they were born to play...but haven't!
Posted: 12/13/15 at 10:23pm
I think Patti LuPone would have been a spectacular Elphaba in her day, had the show existed then. Bernadette Peters would have been a superb Glinda as well. It's too bad they'll never do that show.
#9Roles they were born to play...but haven't!
Posted: 12/13/15 at 10:27pm
Interesting to think in those terms.
Don't see the Peters as Glinda but Patti's Elphaba would have been a sight to see.
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woeisme3
Featured Actor Joined: 9/14/15
#10Roles they were born to play...but haven't!
Posted: 12/13/15 at 10:34pm
Sutton Foster, one of the great musical comedy girls of our time hasn't played Adelaide, one of the great musical comedy female roles of all time.
#11Roles they were born to play...but haven't!
Posted: 12/13/15 at 10:51pm
Stephanie J. Block as Rona Lisa Peretti.
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TheGingerBreadMan
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/7/12
#12Roles they were born to play...but haven't!
Posted: 12/13/15 at 10:53pm
LizzieCurry said: "Stephanie J. Block as Rona Lisa Peretti.
Yes !!
#13Roles they were born to play...but haven't!
Posted: 12/14/15 at 1:14am
Annaleigh Ashford as Fanny Brice is one I consistently bring up on here. I'm really hoping she gets tapped for the first Broadway revival. And while I'm on Ashford, she's also been wanting to do "Sweet Charity" for awhile, and I'd kill to see that happen.
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theleadingplyr
Chorus Member Joined: 1/4/05
#14Roles they were born to play...but haven't!
Posted: 12/14/15 at 1:18am
I would have loved to see Mandy Gonzalez in Evita!
c0113g3b0y
Leading Actor Joined: 9/16/15
#15Roles they were born to play...but haven't!
Posted: 12/14/15 at 4:12am
Daphne Rubin Vega as Eponine
The thing is, besides being an utter toad of a human being, Riedel usually has the least knowledge of the topic in the room. He doesn't usually understand the content or approach of a show, and is always completely and unfailingly socially ignorant, which makes it really infuriating when Susan can't get a word in edgewise. A definitive mansplainer; it's always painful when he has female guests. I watch the show sporadically when I really want to see a guest, because it's the only theatre talkshow we have, but it would be so much better without this hateful clown in a dadcoat. (thanks ScaryWarhol)
The Other One
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/1/08
#16Roles they were born to play...but haven't!
Posted: 12/14/15 at 6:48am
Too bad Anne Bancroft never played Martha in "Who's Afraid of Virginia Wolf?" She would have been brilliant.
#17Roles they were born to play...but haven't!
Posted: 12/14/15 at 7:00am
The Other One said: "Too bad Anne Bancroft never played Martha in "Who's Afraid of Virginia Wolf?" She would have been brilliant."
Yes! I wholeheartedly agree. She would have been absolutely phenomenal in this role!
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#18Roles they were born to play...but haven't!
Posted: 12/14/15 at 7:48am
CindersGolightly said: "And while I'm on Ashford, she's also been wanting to do "Sweet Charity" for awhile, and I'd kill to see that happen."
YES to this!
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henrikegerman
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/29/05
#19Roles they were born to play...but haven't!
Posted: 12/14/15 at 7:51am
Anne Bancroft as Maria Callas
Gene Wilder as Tevye
Anna Paquin as Sally Bowles
S. Epatha Merkerson as Mother Courage
Bette Midler as Madame Arkadina
Tracey Ullman as Mrs. Lovett
Ed Norton as Edmund Tyrone
Ann-Margret as Desiree, Mame and Phyllis and or Sally
Cherry Jones as Vivian Bearing
Chloe Sevigny as Nora
Viggo Mortensen as John Proctor
John Lone as the King of Siam
Toni Collette as Mame
Hamilton22
Broadway Star Joined: 7/18/15
#20Roles they were born to play...but haven't!
Posted: 12/14/15 at 8:13am
A Young Patti Lupone would have made an incredible Fanny Brice in Funny Girl. She was offered the part in the 80's but turned it down.
Lupone also would have been a magnificent Witch in Into The Woods.
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Hamilton22
Broadway Star Joined: 7/18/15
#21Roles they were born to play...but haven't!
Posted: 12/14/15 at 8:13am
A Young Patti Lupone would have made an incredible Fanny Brice in Funny Girl. She was offered the part in the 80's but turned it down.
Lupone also would have been a magnificent Witch in Into The Woods.
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#22Roles they were born to play...but haven't!
Posted: 12/14/15 at 9:25am
Adam Lambert as Dr. Frankenfurter. After Time Curry, I can't think of anyone more perfect for the role.
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broadwayboy223
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/2/14
#23Roles they were born to play...but haven't!
Posted: 12/14/15 at 9:47am
Patti was up for the witch in the original production but wanted to be Cinderella. I think she could still do the witch. I would kill to see her in that part.
#24Roles they were born to play...but haven't!
Posted: 12/14/15 at 9:58am
Toni Colette as Sally
Laura Benanti as Phyllis
Patti LuPone as Carlotta
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#25Roles they were born to play...but haven't!
Posted: 12/14/15 at 11:35am
I think Patti actually could have been a great Cinderella. In the late 70's she had that ingenue look (and was beautiful in The Baker's Wife). By the time Into the Woods happened she probably was already well-known for belting all her leading men, and she would have been thrilling as the Witch (or possibly even the Baker's Wife). Hell, Patti LuPone could have played most parts on Broadway and probably would have been wonderful.
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